Part 2
Healthcare problems such as stroke have immense effects on the affected populations, their significant others and healthcare systems. Nurses and other healthcare providers play the responsibility of ensuring the adoption of responsive interventions to address the care needs of the affected populations. They explore the best practice interventions that can be adopted to ensure efficiency, quality, and safety in case management. They also explore evidence-based technologies that are applicable in optimizing care outcomes for their populations. Therefore, this section of the project explores the proposed solution that would be used to meet the care needs of the patient with stroke.
Summary of the Patient Problem
The selected patient problem is stroke. Stroke is a condition that develops due to the occlusion of blood flow to the brain. It also occurs due to the bursting of the blood vessels in the brain. The occlusion or bursting of blood vessels impairs the supply of oxygen to different parts of the brain leading to death of brain cells. The patient used in the practicum experience is a male patient in my neighborhood who was diagnosed with stroke a year ago. The patient has partial paralysis and requires moderate assistance in undertaking most of his activities of the daily living. The patient enjoys ready support from his family members and community members who provide the support he needs to live a healthier life and wellbeing.
Reason for Selection
Stroke was selected for the practicum project because of a number of reasons. Firstly, stroke is the leading cause of disability and mortality in the USA. The CDC reports that about 795000 people are diagnosed with stroke in the US on an annual basis. It further reports that one person gets stroke after every 40 seconds in America. Stroke is a preventable condition. Modifiable factors such as obesity, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and cigarette smoking contribute to it (Gorelick, 2019). Nurses can therefore play a proactive role in leading the implementation of interventions that will promote the health and wellbeing of patients affected or at risk of developing stroke. Stroke was also selected due to the effect it has on the affected populations and healthcare systems. As a result, it was important to explore the ways in which the burden associated with it can be reduced in families and healthcare systems (Carrigan & Livesay, 2018).
Relevance to Professional Practice and to the Patient and Family
Stroke is relevant to professional practice. As noted above, stroke is a preventable condition. Nurses have a critical role in the promotion of health and prevention of illnesses. As a result, the relevance of stroke can be seen from the increased need for nurses to ensure creation of awareness among the community members on the prevention and minimization of burden of stroke (Ouriques Martins et al., 2019). Stroke also has enormous burden to the patients, their families and healthcare systems. Issues such as the high costs of managing stroke, loss of productivity due to disability, and increased utilization of healthcare resources in addressing the complex needs of stroke patients evidence the burden of the condition (Gorelick, 2019). Nurses play an important role in easing the burden of disease for patients, their significant others and healthcare systems. Consequently, stroke is relevant to their professional practice, as they have to identify efficient and effective interventions needed to lower the disease burden and improve the quality of health and lives of the affected populations.
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